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# Cloudflare Allows CNAME For Apex Domain
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If you want to set up a custom root (apex) domain with an app hosting provider
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[like
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Heroku](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/custom-domains#add-a-custom-root-domain),
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you're going to need to work with a DNS provider that supports the non-standard
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`ALIAS` records (or something equivalent).
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In my case, I have my domain registered with Cloudflare. Cloudflare supports
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this kind of CNAME lookup of an apex domain through [_CNAME
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flattening_](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/cname-flattening/).
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Unlike other registrars that use a separate `ALIAS` record concept, Cloudflare
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allows you to set up a specialized `CNAME` record. Go into the DNS settings for
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the domain of interest, click "Add Record", and then select `CNAME`. From there,
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instead of entering a traditional subdomain like `www`, you put the `@` symbol
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which tells Cloudflare that this is a record for the apex domain. That record
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will still point to a target like `abc123.herokudns.com` as a more traditional
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`CANME` would do.
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